Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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3. Stall includes any stall, barrow or vehicle from which
meat is offered for sale in a street or other open space or in any
market place.
4. "Room" includes a shop, cellar, passage or other space
forming the whole or part of a building other than a slaughterhouse.
5. A person shall, if so required, give to any officer of a
Local Authority acting in the execution of these Regulations, all
reasonable assistance in his power, and shall, in relation to anything
within his knowledge, furnish any such officer with all
information he may reasonably require for the purposes of the
Regulations.
6. No person who is for the time being suffering from an
infectious disease shall take part in the slaughtering of animals intended
for human consumption or the handling of meat.
PART IV.—STALLS.
19. A person selling meat or exposing or offering meat for
sale from any stall—
(a) shall keep his name and address legibly painted or
inscribed on such stall in some conspicuous position ;
(b) shall cause such stall (if not placed in an enclosed and
covered market place) to be suitably covered over and to be
screened at the sides and back thereof in such a manner as
to prevent mud, filth or other contaminating substance being
splashed or blown from the ground upon any meat on the stall;
(c) shall cause every counter, slab, vessel or other article
on or in which meat is placed for sale and all knives and other
implements used in connection with the meat to be thoroughly
cleansed after use and to be kept at all times in a cleanly
condition ;
(d) shall take all such steps as may be reasonably necessary
to guard against the contamination of the meat by flies;
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